CVE-2006-5791

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via (1) the filename for downloading, which is not quoted in an error message by the send_file_direct function, and (2) the Type or Category values in a New entry, which is not properly handled in an error message by the submit_elog function.

Publisher and source text is retained separately from QFinch interpretation.

Affected products

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.

Evidence coverage

SSVC priority

LOW

Confidence

Not available

Aliases

None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

1. 23580 ↗
2. elog-nonexistent-files-xss(29986) ↗
3. 20881 ↗
4. DSA-1242 ↗
5. 22638 ↗
6. ADV-2006-4315 ↗
7. 20882 ↗
8. bugs.debian.org ↗

Record history

Published Nov 7, 2006 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026